Christmases
"christmases" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Christmases” is uncommon English (frequency #56,663 among 43,570 “C” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #56,663
- frequency rank, English
- 43,570
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - plural of Christmas
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Christmases |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #56,663 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Christmases” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Christmases is uncommon English at frequency #56,663 among 43,570 “C” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "plural of Christmas".
No misspelling variants are generated for Christmases in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct English form is Christmases, spelled C-H-R-I-S-T-M-A-S-E-S.
Definition
- 1plural of Christmas
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “Christmases”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is C-H-R-I-S-T-M-A-S-E-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.